My 58 year old brother was rushed into hospital after varicial haemorrhaging last week He has been a wine drinker for years. After horrific vomiting and numerous transfusions he had an endoscopy and the ruptures banded. I am so grateful to the blood donors and in awe of the technology involved. Not surprisingly he has been told he has cirrhosis but there appears to be a shadow shown by a scan earlier in the week. He had an MRI yesterday and we await the results. Transplant had been mentioned to me by one of his doctors ,which came as a shock. When he related that to another medic it was dismissed. What could his health be like without a transplant? He is determined to stop drinking thankfully. The irony is I'm 26 years sober in AA. I have to accept his choice to do this alone. Thanks for the opportunity to pose questions to this 'community '. Anne

Many thanks Rita, it's so good to be able to voice my concerns. He is still in hospital and was told he's been in kidney failure for months. I took the decision to tell his daughters how ill he is even though he preferred to spare them any worries. His specialist should be round today after holiday. The talk of transplant has returned